EGAVE

diverse

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 16.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Consisting of different elements; various.
  2. adjective Capable of or having various forms in different situations or at different times; multiform.
  3. adjective Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status; especially, having a sizeable representation of people who are minorities in the community, organization, etc.
  4. adjective Of a person: belonging to a minority group.
  5. adjective Not the same; different, dissimilar, distinct.
  6. adjective Differing from what is good or right, or beneficial; bad, evil; harmful. Having different colours; mottled, variegated. Causing one to be indecisive between different viewpoints.
  7. adjective Differing from what is good or right, or beneficial; bad, evil; harmful.
  8. adjective Having different colours; mottled, variegated.

Similar words

various divers different varied variety heterogeneous eclectic diversified diversification diversity

Often followed by

and as in group groups forms ways range elements

Word family

diversely diverseness diversenesses diversification diversified diversifies diversify diversifying diversity

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